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New Orleans, Louisiana

Marie Laveau's Tomb

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.
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Gablenz, Germany

Rakotzbrücke Devil's Bridge

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.
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San Antonio, Texas

Bracken Cave

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.
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Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix Bat Cave

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.
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Twin Falls, Idaho

Evel Knievel's Snake River Canyon Jump Site

Where the famed daredevil attempted to launch himself across a canyon in a custom-built rocket.
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Rome, Italy

Torre Argentina (Roman Cat Sanctuary)

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Fort Morgan, Colorado

Grave of Philip K. Dick

The final resting place of a legendary science fiction author and his fraternal twin sister who died as an infant.
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Aurora, Texas

1890s Alien Gravesite

This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Griffin, Georgia

Doc Holliday's Grave in Griffin

Could this grave be the true resting place of legendary gunfighter "Doc" Holliday? Unclear.
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Verona, Italy

Juliet's Balcony

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.
HJHausman Added by HJHausman
Walker County, Georgia

Fantastic Pit

The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.
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Worthington, Pennsylvania

Yellow Dog Village

Hidden in the hills of Western Pennsylvania lies one of the best-kept ghost towns in America that you can legally visit.
Added by joshyohman
Coron, Philippines

Barracuda Lake

This curious fresh and salt water lake holds a secret that draws in deep divers from around the world.
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Bayard, Nebraska

Chimney Rock

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.
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Ogallala, Nebraska

Crystal Palace Cowboy Revue

Nebraska’s longest-running summer theater is a musical tribute to cowboy culture.
Added by heshsf
London, England

Tower Hill Execution Site

A memorial for public executions that dates back to the 14th century.
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Signal Mountain, Tennessee

Spaceship House

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.
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Paris, France

Bibliothèque nationale de France (National Library of France)

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.
Added by cinapelayo
New York, New York

Old City Hall Station

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.
Rebekah Otto Added by Rebekah Otto
Qesm Sharm Ash Sheikh, Egypt

End of the World Cinema

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.
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Subotica, Serbia

World’s Only Art Nouveau McDonald’s

Housed in a 1912 architectural masterpiece, this outlet of the Golden Arches is a real beauty.
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Nashville, Tennessee

Silver Sands Cafe

Visit a family-run restaurant that has been serving the epitome of soul food for more than seven decades.
rachelrummel Added by rachelrummel
Ridgedale, Missouri

Bat Bar in Lost Canyon Cave

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.
lukefater Added by lukefater
Puerto Ayora, Ecuador

Lonesome George at the Fausto Llerena Breeding Center

An exhibition devoted to the life (and posthumous taxidermy form) of the last known representative of the Pinta Island Tortoises.
Added by lissabrennan